I am sur they say 5 mb cmos senser and left out interpolated to 11 meg.

I always forget I have a 11 meg camera with me LOL the jazz 178.

teptronics yes a NYC company

converter yes you may need, the ac adapter must be use it will only and only work wit hths cam unless you have a correct wire scheme. the charger will work on most models but other model chargers will not.

if you have a Ipod or gps you may test it out to chargeand save the converter. or get yourself a ext charger?

If other members wantto digdeep infinding the germany bas model they wil or direct you to other simular jazz names.

I have the HDV178 as well and it should work in the UK without any voltage converter since the adaptor has 100-240V on it. Obviously you will need the plug adaptor.

I'm a British expat myself living in Texas and find that most, if not all mobile devices sold these days seem to be multivoltage, even the cheaper devices such as Aiptek and Jazz.

When I visited the UK I took a bunch of electronics with me, and didn't need to use a voltage converter at all. While I didn't have the HDV178 at the time, I took my Sanyo C40 camcorder and can confirm it didn't blow up when I charged it over there :lol: I guess they figured it would be silly not having variable voltage now for devices that people are very likely to take on vacation to foreign lands!

Of course, you should always check that your adaptor says 100-240V as using a device intended for the US in the UK would be more disastrous than the other way around!